Review your policy before consulting on it
Before you begin, make sure you’ve read our guide to updating your behaviour policy to cover sexism and sexual harassment.
It contains:
- Strategies to weave into your policy so it explicitly addresses the issue and underpins a culture of respect
- Example scenarios to help you review your response to different types of incidents
- A template to help you narrow down your proposed amendments alongside your current policy and present these to stakeholders during this consultation
Why consult on these changes?
You’re not required to consult on changes to your behaviour policy, but maintained schools are required to publicise their behaviour to staff, pupils and parents/carers at least annually.
This is set out on page 9 of the DfE’s behaviour in schools guidance.
So if you make changes to your policy, it’s therefore a good idea to have everyone in the loop beforehand, to avoid any unwelcome surprises.